FOURIER, (JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH) - INVESTIGATIONS ON HEAT FLOW.

Recherches expérimentale sur la Faculté conductrice des corps minces soumis à l'action de la chaleur; et Description d'un nouveau Thermomètre de contact.

(Paris, Crochard, 1828). 8vo. Without wrappers. Extract from 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 2 - Volume 37. With halftitle to vol. 37. Pp. 291-315 and 1 folded engraved plate, depicting experimental apparatus and the new contact thermometer.

First appearance of an importent paper investigating the heat flow in different substances by using his new contact thermometer.

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